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Official: Kizashi to return to Super Bowl in new ad from Suzuki [w/video] [UPDATED]

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Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Marketing/Advertising , Suzuki Suzuki is about as small as automakers get here in the United States, even if its parent company does mad business in Japan and other parts of the world. So when the scrappy purveyor of the SX4 and Grand Vitara says it will again be ponying up for Super Bowl ads featuring its Kizashi mid-size sedan, it raises some eyebrows, including ours. Super Bowl ads are notoriously expensive, and Suzuki sold just 26,619 vehicles in the U.S. in 2011.

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Report: Man steals Greyhound bus to meet friend for Christmas

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Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Humor Because there’s no way to top this lede, we’ll just have to quote the whole thing, from lohud.com: PEEKSKILL – A 39-year-old city man faces felony charges upstate after apparently not heeding Greyhound’s slogan of “Leave the driving to us.” Yep, that’s right, the guy stole a bus . On Christmas. (Allegedly.) But never fear, Andrew Hickey of New York had a commercial driver’s license, and apparently he knew what he was doing

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Report: Romney blames Obama for GM layoffs

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Plants/Manufacturing , Chrysler , GM , Earnings/Financials “The president is going to go after me. I’ll go after him.” That pretty much sums up every presidential race in recent memory, where it seems attacking the opposing side is just as important as proving your own personal worth. And the 2012 U.S. presidential election, unsurprisingly, is shaping up much the same

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Report: IIHS contends cell phone bans not effective for curbing accidents

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Technology It just makes sense. Cell phone usage causes accidents, so state governments and the National Transportation Safety Board should ban phone usage while driving, right? Not so, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. CNN Money reports that studies by IIHS show that phones may not be the issue

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Report: Chrysler spokesman and NFL star Ndamukong Suh crashes his… Chevy?

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Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Celebrities There are two types of bad luck; the kind that finds you and the kind you find for yourself. Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh seems to have wandered straight into a run of the latter. NFL fans may recall that Suh is on a two-game suspension after stomping on a Green Bay Packer player during a game on Thanksgiving Day. Now the Detroit Free Press is reporting that Suh was involved in an accident in his hometown of Portland, Oregon

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Followup: Chevy Volt fire to prompt new safety procedures?

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Filed under: Hybrid , Safety , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , Electric In the aftermath of a Chevrolet Volt catching fire at a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration test facility , NHTSA may move to require electric vehicle batteries to be drained after major wrecks. The Detroit Free Press reports that the agency is contemplating issuing a ruling, but a decision has yet to be made. General Motors ‘ position on the fire is that the battery should have been drained after NHTSA crash-tested the car, a preventative measure the automaker says it recommends. NHTSA’s inquiry involves other carmakers who use lithium-ion battery packs, not just GM

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